Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constitution
Upon its adoption in December 1936, Soviet leaders hailed the new so-called Stalin Constitution as the most democratic in the world. Scholars have long scoffed at this claim, noting that the mass repression of 1937–1938 that followed rendered it a hollow document. This study does not address these c...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford
Routledge
2017
Knowledge Unlatched GmbH Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis |
| Ausgabe: | 1 |
| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge Studies in Modern European History |
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| ISBN: | 1138721840, 0367348853, 9781138721845, 9780367348854, 9781315194004, 9781351759847, 9781351759823, 1351759841, 1351759833, 9781351759830, 1315194007, 1351759825 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Archival abbreviations -- List of Russian terms -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Citizenship and a social contract: The drafting of the 1936 Constitution -- The principles of constitutional theory in the USSR -- Drafting the Constitution -- Defining citizenship -- The rights of citizens -- The duties of citizens -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Daily life in Kirov in the 1930s -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Local realities: The implementation of the discussion of the draft Constitution -- How instructors were supposed to guide and shape the discussion -- The organizers of the discussion -- Implementation of the discussion of the draft Constitution -- Problems with the discussion of the draft -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Validators of socialist victory: The discussion in the local press -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Popular voices: Interpreting citizens' rights and duties -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Integration, exclusion, and accountability -- Notes -- Chapter 7 The Constitution, the 1937 elections, and repression -- "Anti-Soviet" behavior during the discussion -- The ratified Constitution and the elections of 1937 -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes on sources -- Notes -- The draft Constitution of the USSR: (As published in Pravda, June 12, 1936. This is the author's translation.) -- Chapter I -- Chapter II -- Chapter III -- Chapter IV -- Chapter V -- Chapter VI -- Chapter VII -- Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX -- Chapter X -- Chapter XI -- Chapter XII -- Chapter XIII -- Bibliography -- Archival sources -- Newspapers and journals -- Published primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Index